Engine is allegedly a Bennett Motorsports crate engine, but I have my doubts, definitely a 351 block and it does sound healthy. Trans is supposed to be built, as is rear end. No time to check before $2011 though.

We tuned, changed out the brand new MSD plug wires, changed oil, found the intermittent starting issue when we tried to time the dizzy. Distributor button in three pieces. Oops, glad i had a junk 302 lying around.

Minor body work and crappy paint applied

That is how it ran at $2011, the suspension was simply awful, no front sway bar, softest shocks evar, broken front passenger side spring (found later), soft weak spring....ugh

Updated

This was difficult to find until we used a hammer on dizzy to set timing, then the problem became somewhat more obvious

SVrex's son might not agree, lol, he got a wild ride along. It was the worst handling pig this year, and the rear was spinning one tire. That is the next project, need to establish if it is a 31 or 28 spline rear.

I am hesitant to say what the rear is, as he listed it as having $2800 spent on the rear, supposedly including Mosier axles etc. He also said he exchanged the ring and pinion for a 3.55 yet it spun one wheel throughout the event. Did he swap the whole LSD pig for an open 3.55 pig, or is it worn out LSD or....you get the picture.

Due to this and his lack of systematic approach I am making no calls on the rear until I get it pulled apart. I happen to have a Ford Motorsport LSD in 28 spline on the shelf from another old Maroon92 car which owes me nothing, so I am hoping for Challenge sake that it is a 28.

I would bet on toasted clutch packs on the stock trac-lok. You can get replacement clutch packs..

New clutches are <$100 and if you change the packing order you can tighten it up for better performance.

IIRC the stock order is something like (S=Steel, F=friction) SFSSFSSFS or something like that if you change to SFSFSFS or thereabouts it works better. Theres a thread on corner-carvers, but I cant find it in a quick search.

Especially on a softly spring car with any power, the LSD lives a SHORT life and outside of racers and off-roaders, who ever thinks about rebuilding that?

Nashco wrote:
So, does this mean the S10 isn't coming back? I was hoping to see how it did all sorted out someday.
Bryce

S10 will come back, it should be much more sorted and way less street friendly.

Listed some parts for sale or swap, here's hoping somebody has what I need in exchange for parts I don't.

Planning on locating the rear with a homemade 5 link instead of the flawed stock 4 link, sort of like the S10 was done..

Ranger50 wrote:
One way to almost guarantee that the trac-loc stays locked is to install the F150 spring in a 28 spline gear'd case. It took a 5# sledge and a hose clamp to install one in my GT years ago.

I really like that body style, it's too bad FoMoCo didn't sell similar-year Capri's with the flared fenders in a notch format. I'm watching to see how you deal with making this car handle well on low amounts of funding.

Scored a set of rear 88 Turbo Thunderbird 4 lug rear discs complete with brackets, calipers, new pads and new in box bigger master-cylinder. The lot was listed on CL for $75, but he accepted a swap for a pair of polished shorty headers that came with the car.

Sweet.

With the springs, shocks and front bar the rear end flaws and flexy body are just highlighted more. The car needs alignment also, but the rear is constantly twitching and the front tramlines badly with the Hoosiers.